Match facts ahead of #S04BMG

Here is everything you need to know ahead of our first away game of the season against FC Schalke 04 on Saturday (18:30 CEST).

Supporters

• The Veltins-Arena in Gelschenkirchen is sold out ahead of the game (62,271 supporters). Around 7,000 Borussia supporters will be there supporting the Foals, more than at any point since 2016.
• The match will be shown in the FohlenSportsBar.

Head-to-head record

• Schalke and Borussia meet on Saturday for the 97th time in the Bundesliga. The Foals lead the head-to-head with 40 wins to Schalke’s 28, alongside 28 draws.
• S04 have only won one of the last nine games against Mönchengladbach, with the Foals comfortably winning the last two meetings (4-1 and 3-0).
• The hosts take part in their 1,800th Bundesliga game against Mönchengladbach, while it is game number 1,842 in the Bundesliga for Borussia. The two teams lie in 6th (Mönchengladbach) and 7th (Schalke) in the all-time Bundesliga table.

Statistics

• Schalke lost 3-1 to Köln in their first game of the season after receiving an early red card, while the Foals won 3-1 against Hoffenheim after an early red card for TSG.
• Borussia last got six points from the first two games of the season in 1995/96, the season in which three points for a win was first introduced.
• Nico Elvedi is one appearance away from 200 Bundesliga games. In his previous 199 games for the Foals, the Switzerland international has scored ten goals, the last of which came in the last game against Hoffenheim.
• Christoph Kramer scored his last Bundesliga goal three years ago in a 2-0 win for the Foals on 2nd Febrary 2019 against Schalke.
• The game against Borussia is Schalke’s first home game in the Bundesliga since 15th May 2021 (4-3 win against Frankfurt). In Bundesliga 2, Schalke won their last home game of the season 3-2 against St. Pauli, securing promotion back to the top flight.
• Seven of Schalke’s starting XI against Köln were summer signings (Schwolow, Yoshida, Brunner, Kral, Krauß, Mohr and Polter). No other Bundesliga team featured so many new players.
• Simon Terodde is the record goalscorer in Bundesliga 2 with 172 goals. As it stands, the 34-year-old has scored ten times in 59 games in the top flight.

Social Media

• Fans can follow the match on social media using the hashtag #S04BMG or by following Borussia’s English-language accounts on Twitter and Facebook.